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THE PEAR. 



Ambrette. 



Ambrette d'Hiver. Trompe-valet . Thorny Ambrette. 



Ambre Gris. Ambret. Ambrette avec epines. 



Ambrette Gris. Winter Ambret. Ambrette epineuse. 



Belle Gabrielle. Cheat Servant. De Chine. 



Tilton. 



A very old Pear-tree, very hardy and productive. 



Fruit medium to small, roundish oval, yellowish green, with russet 

 spots and black blotches. Flesh whitish, a little coarse, melting, sweet. 

 Good. December to March. 



Ambrosia. 

 Early Beurre. 



A French Pear of medium size, roundish obovate. Skin greenish 

 yellow, a little russeted. Flesh buttery, without much flavor. Hardly 

 good. September. 



America. 



An American Pear, originated Avith Francis Dana, Boston, Mass. 

 Tree a strong vigorous grower. 



Fruit medium to large, roundish oblate obtuse pyriform. Skin 

 yellow, with traces, dots, and patches of russet. Stalk long, in a small 

 cavity. Calyx open. Flesh whitish, a little coarse, half melting, sweet, 

 sugary, pleasant. Good. November, December. 



Amelie Leclerc. 



A seedling of the late Leon Leclerc, of Laval, France. Tree mod- 

 erately vigorous, spreading, with long slender shoots. 



Fruit medium, roundish, inclining to obtuse pyriform. Skin green- 

 ish yellow, with a shade of red in the sun, and slight nettings of russet. 

 Flesh white, juicy, melting, sweet, slightly vinous. Good to very good. 

 October. 



Amiral Cecil. 



Originated in France, of moderate growth, productive. 



Fruit medium or below, roundish ovate, yellowish, with fawn-color 

 marblings in the sun. Flesh whitish, juicy, melting, harsh and gritty 

 at centre. Good. October, December. 



Amire Joannet. 



St. Jean. St. John's Pear. k Amire Johannet. 



Joannette. Petit Johannet. *^ Petit St. Jean. 



This fruit is one of the earliest, ripening at the beginning of July 

 — in France, whence it originally comes, about St. John's day, whence 

 the name Joanne t. It is a pleasant fruit, of second quality, and lasts 

 but a few days in perfection. It opens the pear season, with the Little 

 Muscat, to which it is superior. 



Fruit below the middle size, regularly pyriform, tapering to the 

 stalk, which is an inch and a half long, and thickest at the point of 

 junction. Skin very smooth, at first light green, but becomes bright 



